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Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions her Department has had with Wandsworth council social services on the possible effects on that Department of the threatened closure of the Henderson hospital, Sutton, Surrey ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : We have had no such discussions.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 19 October 1992, Official Report, column 80, if she will provide the regional breakdown of figures for (a) the incidence of and (b) mortality as a result of non-melanotic and malignant melanoma ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : The information requested has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is her policy in respect of the supply to hospitals of plasma products produced from plasma unscreened for hepatitis C at the individual donor level after 1 January 1993 ;
(2) whether plasma products by Bio Products Laboratory conform to the committee on proprietary medicinal products' requirements in terms of source material having been fully screened for hepatitis C at the donor level.
Mr. Sackville : Plasma products supplied in this country will meet the requirements of the UK licensing authority and of the EC in relation to screening for antibodies to the hepatitis C virus.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what extent the Bio Products Laboratory is bound by commercial criteria in its policy on pricing products ; and whether it is required to provide a commercial return on its activities.
Mr. Sackville : Our intention is that the Bio Products Laboratory should compete fairly in terms of the service, quality and price of its blood products within the Government's policy that this country should be self-sufficient in blood products derived from plasma donated by our voluntary unpaid donors. The Central Blood Laboratories Authority, which is responsible for the Bio Products Laboratory, accounts for its performance and publishes an annual report and financial statement.
Mrs. Wise : To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her reply of 3 July, Official Report, columns 743-44, what is the status of the report on the review of research units ; who is being consulted ; what is the closing date for any comments ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : I am considering this report and shall make an announcement shortly.
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Mr. Ronnie Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the emergency response times for the Northumbria ambulance authority for each year since 1988 showing the percentage answered within eight minutes and within 25 minutes.
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Mr. Sackville : Information is not collected in the form requested. The available information is as follows :
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Total emResponse within Response within calls<1>eight<2>minutes 14 minutes |number |number |percent|number |percent ----------------------------------------------------------- 1988-89 |61,559 |35,655 |57.9 |59,650 |96.9 1989-90<3> |37,355 |19,649 |52.6 |35,637 |95.4 1990-91 |67,309 |35,674 |53.0 |61,588 |91.5 1991-92<4> |66,098 |38,998 |59.0 |64,115 |97.0 <1>Figures for 1991-92 are based on emergency patient journeys. <2>Figures prior to 1991-92 are based on response within seven minutes. <3>As a result of industrial action in this period, a complete year's return could not be provided. The figure shown represents approximately half the calls received. <4>Figures for 1991-92 are provisional.
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to publish the consultation document on original pack dispensing.
Dr. Mawhinney : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Mansfield (Mr. Meale) on 13 July at column 518 .
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received from groups representing British pensioners resident in Spain ; what reply she has given ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo : We have recently received a copy of the right hon. Member's letter of 22 October to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security. We shall be responding as soon as possible to the points raised for which this Department has responsibility.
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing, for men aged 65 years and over and women aged 60 years and over, the number of deaths from hypothermia in each region for each year since 1987.
Mr. Sackville : The information is in the table.
|c|Number of deaths with mention of hypothermia on the death|c| |c|certificate for men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over by|c| |c|Regional Health Authority of usual residence for the years 1987 to 1991|c| Regional Health |Men aged 65 years |Women aged 60 years Authority |and over |and over -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 Northern |11 |22 Yorkshire |15 |19 Trent |14 |25 East Anglian |4 |14 North West Thames |13 |18 North East Thames |11 |31 South East Thames |8 |33 South West Thames |8 |12 Wessex |10 |11 Oxford |8 |25 South Western |9 |18 West Midlands |11 |23 Mersey |4 |12 North Western |5 |25 Wales |10 |28 1988 Northern |6 |12 Yorkshire |8 |24 Trent |8 |20 East Anglian |5 |14 North West Thames |8 |15 North East Thames |17 |16 South East Thames |10 |18 South West Thames |4 |14 Wessex |7 |9 Oxford |7 |11 South Western |16 |20 West Midlands |11 |22 Mersey |4 |10 North Western |8 |16 Wales |10 |16 1989 Northern |4 |8 Yorkshire |3 |20 Trent |11 |16 East Anglian |5 |7 North West Thames |4 |14 North East Thames |11 |25 South East Thames |13 |18 South West Thames |6 |19 Wessex |5 |12 Oxford |9 |10 South Western |7 |20 West Midlands |11 |14 Mersey |2 |10 North Western |7 |14 Wales |6 |13 1990 Northern |3 |12 Yorkshire |14 |21 Trent |12 |14 East Anglian |4 |9 North West Thames |7 |18 North East Thames |8 |18 South East Thames |10 |14 South West Thames |6 |9 Wessex |9 |11 Oxford |5 |6 South Western |5 |17 West Midlands |11 |25 Mersey |1 |9 North Western |10 |10 Wales |6 |15 1991 Northern |7 |20 Yorkshire |7 |18 Trent |12 |26 East Anglian |13 |13 North West Thames |12 |21 North East Thames |10 |20 South East Thames |13 |22 South West Thames |5 |24 Wessex |2 |21 Oxford |6 |16 South Western |19 |21 West Midlands |23 |37 Mersey |2 |10 North Western |7 |14 Wales |7 |23
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those hospitals in England with 100 or more acute beds that do not have a specialist full-time accident and emergency consultant.
Dr. Mawhinney : The information is not available centrally.
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing the numbers of men aged 65 years and over and women aged 60 years and over in each region for each year since 1987.
Mr. Sackville : The information requested is shown in the table.
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|c|Mid-year population estimates|c| (thousands) Males aged 65+ Females aged 60+ Year |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |<1>1991|1987 |1988 |1989 |<1>1990|1991 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- England and Wales |3,132.8|3,167.6|3,203.3|3,228.8|3,271.1|6,116.0|6,119.7|6,129.1|6,127.2|6,164.1 Regional health authorities- Northern |186.7 |188.9 |191.3 |192.8 |197.9 |374.0 |374.2 |375.0 |374.8 |381.4 Yorkshire |221.0 |223.5 |226.0 |227.5 |232.6 |439.9 |440.1 |441.2 |440.6 |445.3 Trent |290.0 |293.7 |297.4 |299.8 |311.7 |546.9 |548.8 |551.4 |552.8 |564.1 East Anglian |138.2 |140.8 |143.2 |145.2 |147.9 |247.8 |251.0 |253.7 |256.0 |258.5 North West Thames |199.7 |200.4 |202.2 |203.7 |199.2 |383.4 |380.9 |380.1 |378.9 |374.3 North East Thames |229.2 |230.4 |231.7 |233.3 |223.6 |446.0 |442.9 |440.3 |438.6 |421.3 South East Thames |244.1 |245.3 |246.7 |247.2 |245.4 |486.1 |483.5 |481.4 |478.5 |472.4 South West Thames |193.9 |195.0 |196.3 |197.5 |194.3 |388.4 |386.2 |384.9 |383.2 |379.1 Wessex |198.6 |201.7 |204.1 |205.9 |212.0 |378.6 |381.5 |383.5 |384.9 |390.7 Oxford |133.5 |136.4 |139.2 |141.9 |138.1 |247.8 |250.8 |253.6 |256.0 |253.6 South Western |230.9 |233.8 |236.9 |238.4 |246.0 |438.9 |441.6 |444.0 |444.9 |453.5 West Midlands |306.5 |311.6 |316.1 |319.5 |328.3 |591.1 |593.3 |595.7 |597.3 |613.1 Mersey |139.2 |140.7 |142.4 |143.4 |146.6 |289.3 |289.1 |289.1 |288.2 |294.0 North Western |237.5 |238.8 |240.0 |240.6 |248.0 |492.5 |489.0 |486.7 |483.6 |487.8 Wales |183.8 |186.6 |189.8 |192.0 |199.4 |365.2 |366.8 |368.3 |368.8 |375.3
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 9 November, Official Report , column 566 , on NHS redundancies, if she will list such figures as are available.
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Dr. Mawhinney : The data available relate to those redundancies where a benefit is immediately payable under the National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 1981. The table gives numbers by region and by reason for each of the financial years 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92.
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|c|Reason for Redundancy|c| [TITRE ---------------------------------------------- Northern |33 |- |41 |3 |5 |82 Yorkshire |38 |- |139|1 |1 |184 Trent |6 |- |167|3 |3 |179 E Anglia |43 |- |40 |- |2 |85 NW Thames |63 |- |154|- |7 |224 NE Thames |72 |- |66 |2 |10 |150 SE Thames |6 |- |92 |- |8 |106 SW Thames |43 |- |10 |1 |5 |59 Wessex |20 |- |75 |1 |2 |98 Oxford |15 |- |39 |- |5 |59 South Western |6 |1 |132|1 |6 |146 West Mids |14 |- |75 |1 |4 |94 Mersey |63 |- |86 |1 |6 |156 North Western |176|- |75 |4 |3 |258 Wales |30 |- |29 |6 |4 |69 Special Hospitals |33 |- |17 |- |4 |54 Trusts |- |- |- |- |- |-
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1990-91 Region |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern |47 |- |58 |4 |6 |115 Yorkshire |18 |- |144 |3 |7 |172 Trent |9 |- |152 |2 |3 |166 East Anglia |21 |- |22 |2 |- |45 North West Thames |37 |- |113 |- |4 |154 North East Thames |32 |- |155 |2 |4 |193 South East Thames |4 |- |89 |2 |4 |99 South West Thames |4 |- |97 |1 |2 |104 Wessex |21 |- |129 |2 |4 |156 Oxford |- |- |23 |1 |3 |27 South Western |2 |- |89 |1 |1 |93 West Midlands |15 |1 |81 |- |2 |99 Mersey |12 |- |81 |- |1 |94 North Western |137 |- |70 |4 |3 |214 Wales |17 |- |34 |4 |- |55 Special Hospitals |- |- |47 |- |1 |48 Trusts |- |- |- |- |- |-
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1991-92 Region |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |Total ------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern |28 |- |61 |11 |4 |104 Yorkshire |21 |- |215 |13 |- |249 Trent |- |- |106 |11 |- |117 East Anglia |1 |- |56 |6 |2 |65 North West Thames |30 |- |169 |11 |3 |213 North East Thames |48 |1 |162 |9 |6 |226 South East Thames |42 |- |197 |10 |1 |250 South West Thames |34 |- |87 |10 |1 |132 Wessex |- |- |57 |11 |3 |71 Oxford |23 |- |60 |16 |3 |102 South Western |2 |- |143 |15 |2 |162 West Midlands |25 |2 |254 |8 |- |289 Mersey |10 |- |117 |5 |1 |133 North Western |4 |4 |57 |10 |2 |77 Wales |107 |- |151 |9 |2 |269 Special hospitals |1 |- |43 |1 |4 |49 Trusts |68 |- |233 |3 |4 |308 <1>Competitive tendering. <2>Patients first. (Voluntary redundancy within the General Whitley Council 1982 arrangements.) <3>Redundancy. (Due to closure of place of employment.) <4>Interest of efficiency of service. <5>Achieving a balance. (Replacement of Senior Consultants posts.)
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are her best estimates of the proportion of NHS staff who receive annual service pay increments ; what was the cost of such increments in 1990-91 and 1991- 92 ; and what is the projected cost in 1993-94.
Dr. Mawhinney : This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 19 October, Official Report, column 86, if she will provide details of Government funding for the British Health Care Arts
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Centre ; and if she will now make it her policy to provide funding by her Department for Arts for Health in recognition of its advisory work on a national scale.Mr. Sackville : We have no knowledge of the funding arrangements for the British Health Care Arts Centre. The Department's policy on the arts is as contained the reply I gave the right hon. Member on 19 October, at column 86.
NHS Estates, an agency of the Department, commissioned advice, on a fee- paying basis, from the British Health Care Arts Centre and others during the preparation of the guidance referred to in my earlier reply.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she intends to publish the Reed report on mentally disordered offenders ; and if she will make a statement.
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Mr. Dafis : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to ensure that intellectual property rights should not be extended to genetic resources except in accordance with the international undertaking on plant genetic resources.
Mr. Curry : It is already the Department's policy to oppose the extension of intellectual property rights to plant genetic resources.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action is currently being undertaken by his Department to persuade other countries to join (a) the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources and (b) the international undertaking on plant genetic resources.
Mr. Curry : The Government continue to argue for increased international collaboration on the conservation of plant genetic resources, in the context of the Food and Agriculture Organisation's commission and international undertaking and in other international forums.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to encourage the adoption of formal national plant genetic resources programmes throughout the world.
Mr. Curry : The Government, through the Overseas Development Administration, are a major funder of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources and supports the international centres in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. The United Kingdom is also active in the European co-operative programme on crop genetic resources and we shall continue to participate in international efforts to establish networks of ex-situ plant genetic resource collections.
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to lay the next Mink (Keeping) Order following the expiry of the existing Order.
Mr. Soames : The Mink Keeping Order 1992 has been laid before Parliament today.
Mr. Marlow : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the value of reduction and percentage reduction of agricultural output in each EC country and overall based on constant yields and prices resulting from the MacSharry proposals for CAP reform.
Mr. Curry : The package of reform measures, based on the MacSharry proposals and agreed by Ministers in May, is expected to result in a reduction in agricultural output in the EC. Precise estimates of the impact will not be possible until the detailed implementation procedures have been finalised and will in any case depend on how individual farmers react in the light of changes in the
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economic environment. The Commission is to bring forward a paper dealing with the compatibility between CAP reform and the GATT outline agreement.Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about progress toward free and fair elections in Kenya.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We warmly welcome the Kenya Government's commitment to the holding of free and fair elections, as we do their decision to invite both international and domestic observers.
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times he and his Ministers have spoken to the United States Government on trade matters in the past six months.
Mr. Garel-Jones : We are in regular touch with the United States Government in trade matters. The frequency of these contacts has increased during the British presidency of the EC, particularly in the context of the GATT Uruguay round negotiations, to reinforce the efforts of the European Commission.
18. Mr. Sims : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the prospects for the development of democracy in Hong Kong in the light of the Governor's recent proposals.
Mr. Goodlad : The Governor's proposals respond to a widespread wish in Hong Kong to see a broadening of democracy. They have been widely and warmly welcomed. We support them as the best way forward for Hong Kong. It will be for the Legislative Council to form a view on them early next year.
19. Mr. Ian Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will report on progress in the negotiations to enlarge the EC to include members of EFTA.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The UK Presidency intends to report to the Edinburgh European Council on the completion of the Community's preparatory work for the opening of accession negotiations with EFTA applicants. It will be for Heads of Government to decide there how to proceed with enlargement.
20. Mr. Donald Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations he has had with Commonwealth and EC colleagues about assisting in meeting the problems of post-apartheid South Africa.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are in touch with our EC partners and other members of the Commonwealth to
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identify ways in which we can assist South Africa during and following the transition to non-racial democracy. Discussions take place bilaterally and in a variety of fora, for example within European political co-operation, through the offices of the secretary-general and at periodic meetings of Commonwealth officials.25. Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had on constitutional reform in South Africa.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The hon. Member will recall that my right hon. and noble Friend the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey visited South Africa in September. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister met President de Klerk on 14November in London.
21. Mr. Dunnachie : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had in the Council of Ministers about the situation of the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina ; and if he will make a statement.
24. Mr. Galloway : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had in the EC Council of Ministers about the situation of the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The situation in Bosnia has been discussed at every recent meeting of European Community Foreign Ministers, most recently in Brussels on 9 November and with WEU partners in Rome on 20 November. There are also regular discussions between officials of European Community governments.
22. Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to advise President-elect Clinton of terrorist threats in the United Kingdom and the impact of electoral statements on them.
Mr. Hurd : Our ambassador in Washington and his staff are in touch with the president-elect's foreign policy advisers about a range of matters of mutual interest, including security issues.
26. Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been received from other EC countries on the progress of Britain's ratification of the Maastricht treaty.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The process of ratification of the Maastricht treaty in all member states was discussed at the Foreign Affairs Council on 9 November. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs explained that the Government are committed to ratifying the treaty, and will make a start on the Committee stage of the Maastricht Bill before the Edinburgh European Council.
36. Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures he has taken to inform the United Kingdom public about the treaty of Maastricht and the single market in the EC.
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Mr. Garel-Jones : The Government have published the text of the treaty, two memoranda to Parliament and, on 10 November, a short booklet on the Community and the Maastricht treaty, including a section on the advantages of the single market. This is being distributed free on request. A further memorandum explaining the main elements in the treaty will be available to Parliament before the Committee stage starts.
ading British Tourists 27. Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to improve information services for British tourists planning visits to potentially dangerous foreign destinations.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Travel advice, issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in consultation with overseas posts, is kept under constant review both in the United Kingdom and abroad. It is disseminated quickly throughout the travel industry (and thus to the general public) by electronic information systems, and a selection of notices is available on BBC (Ceefax). Advice is also offered promptly in response to individual enquiries.
28. Ms. Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress made towards ratification of the Maastricht treaty.
Mr. Garel-Jones : Five member states have already ratified the Maastricht treaty : Luxembourg, France, Italy, Ireland and Greece. Others are in the process of ratification. Denmark will hold a second referendum next year, provided the member states can agree a satisfactory means of addressing Danish concerns. The Government will begin the Committee stage of the Maastricht Bill before the Edinburgh European Council.
29. Mr. Chisholm : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what will be the main subjects under discussion at the European summit in Edinburgh.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The main items under discussion are likely to include the single market, ratification of the Maastricht treaty, subsidiarity, and openness, future financing, the size of the European Parliament, enlargement, the Community's relations with the countries of central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and the GATT negotiations.
30. Mr. Clifton-Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the prospects for developing relations between the European Community and the Association of South East Asian Nations countries.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The ASEAN countries are of growing importance to the Community, both in terms of regional stability and trade. We have devoted considerable attention to them during the United Kingdom Presidency ; My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has personally attended two
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ministerial meetings with ASEAN in Manila. The outcome of the EC/ASEAN ministerial meeting last month will boost co- operation in a range of fields, including trade, environmental protection, technical co-operation and human rights.Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on recent developments in the Council of Europe.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The House will know that the United Kingdom assumed the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe following the ministerial meeting on November in Strasbourg.
During the six months of our chairmanship, we intend to give priority to the programmes for assistance to the new democracies of eastern Europe, and to the reform of the human rights machinery. We shall also encourage an objective look at the operation of the Council in terms of its internal structures, its relationships with other organisations and its management procedures.
Mr. Skinner : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with other foreign ministers regarding GATT ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Garel-Jones : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has had several such discussions, most recently at the Foreign Affairs Council on 9 November, when Ministers urged the Commission to work for agreement with the United States.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to discuss with other member states of the Western European Union the contributions to the WEU Assembly of the former Minister for Defence Procurement on 5 December 1990.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to meet the Prime Minister of Turkey to discuss the relationship between Turkey and the EC.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The Turkish Prime Minister paid a bilateral working visit to London on 23 November, accompanied by the Foreign Minister. My right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs discussed with him the future development of the relationship between the Community and Turkey, as part of a discussion of a wide range of issues of mutual interest. We have no plans at present for further bilateral meetings with the Turkish Government.
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit southern Africa to assess the current political situation.
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Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. and noble Friend, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey visited southern Africa in September. We have no immediate plans to make further visits to the region.
37. Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what items he has placed on the agenda of the next General Affairs meeting of the EC Council of Ministers.
Mr. Garel-Jones : The major item on the agenda of 7 December Foreign Affairs Council will be preparation for the Edinburgh European Council (including enlargement and future financing). I expect that there will also be discussion of the Uruguay round, former Yugoslavia, migration and central and eastern Europe.
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the most recent round of talks on Cyprus.
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